Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-03-12
EASTERN AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hartford City, Ind. has struck natural
gas.
Hofer, the famous sculptor, has died at
Stuttgart Allen.
The body of nine ear-old girl was ere.
mated at Pittsburg last week.
A Louisville colored woman has sold her
grandchild to a white woman for SIso.
1t is feared tina, the recent cold snap in
South Carolina has destroyed. the fruit crop.
The start in the yacht race between the
Dauntless and the Coronet will take place
to-day.
The fifty-seven miners entombed in the
Quargenon Colliery, Belgium, have succeed
ed in escaping.
A Rochester, N. Y, woman has written to
the Postmaster at Chicago, requesting him to
find husband for her.
A recent matrimonial engagement in New
York was made on condition that the youth
should give up his club.
A Rhode island woman has indictments
pending against her charging her with mur-
dering six men by poison.
Thirty-nine recruits to the Latter day
Saints have been secured in the brush-creek
hills of Highland county, Ohio.
Secretary Manning has arranged to make
trip to Europe for the benefit of his health.
He will leave Washington on Thursday.
Vito Bercelone, who died recently at
Milan, has left by will his entire fortune
amounting to 100000, to King Humbert.
Woeful stories of distress, semi starvation
and death continue to be received from the
western and northern districts of Nova Scotia
1t is said that the Mikado and the leading
statesmen of Japan favor the English Ian
guage for the official purposes Of that count
y.
March sd the first steamer to attempt the
passage of the Suez Canal by aid of the
electric light accomplished the trip in fifteen
hours.
Cholera in Sicily is an early spring hint
that the dread Asiatic pes,ileaee is not yet
through with its destructive tour of Southern
Europe.
Casey county, KY, is said to be overrun
by rats. A sort of cat cholera has killed of
all the cats, and the rats are having every.
thing their own way.
The movement in favor of abolishing slav.
cry in BRAZIL is making excellent progress,
despite some encouragement. Compensation
is awarded to overs.
The Jubilee celebration in London is an.
nounced for Tuesday, June zist. Illumina'
tons generally and fire works in the park.
will be features of the evening.
The Marquis of Lonsdale has been made
to pay $625 damages to Miss Cornelia Dank.
for breach Of contract with her as member
of the Violet Cameron Company.
Ten Latter-day Saints from Idaho, who
have been in the House OF Correction at De
trsit for over six months, are expecting to bs
released on writs of habeas corpus
Up to last Saturday night there had beer
filed in the Pension Office 7,7I6 application.
for pensions under the Mexican Pension Law
passed at the last session Of Congress.
"leader of New York sociely"is soon te
give lectures on how to polish brass and fur
niture. The lectures will be given at hel
residence, and the tickets will be S. each
The stories Of the earthquake in Southern
Europe have been greatly exaggerated, and
the damages to houses at Menthnei and Nice
and Monte Carlo were comparatively small
The fly wheel Of rolling. mill at North
Chicgo flew to pieces this week, and frag
ments Of iron were hurled in every direction
Two or three workmen were severely injured
Paris has discovered a new poet in Jehar
Sarrazin, who peddles olives and sell hi
books with his olives. He is becoming
wealthy, has real talent and will becom,
famous, it is said.
Stanley's expedition for the relief of Emil
Bey has arrived at Simonstown, Cape o
Good Hope. The expedition will take tn
supplies awaiting it at Simonstown and pro
ceed on its journey.
France is determined to get full control Q
New Hebrides. The Colonization Society i
about to send twenty live families to the is
land. These will probably form the nucleu
Of an extensive colony.
One Of the ablest officers OF the Belgium
Army publishes pamphlet, in which h
cites numerous reasons which he holds con
elusive of showing that France, in the even
of another Franco. German War will invad
Germany through Belgium territory.
The Prince Regent Of Bavaria has given or